Hmmm… Not the best star chart book I've ever seen – this looks up to similar portions of the sky several times, and in its colourful manner peppers the page with captions of trivia concerning only some key constellations, or (kind of confusingly) single stars. And then we get break-away spreads that cover something else, such as the nature of the Pole Star, the fact some of the constellations are supposedly mythical beasts, and so on. It's very basic – perhaps ideally, but I don't think so – on the source legends, and when it tells us more than once what orbiting means, and includes questions and answers all over the shop I feel it gets more repetitive than needed. That may help some students, but I still thought this had room for improvement.

Lots of really interesting and varied information, with beautiful illustrations. This will be useful for topic work in the classroom.

A beautifully illustrated guide to our star constellations for inquisitive children aged 6+

We are currently updating our non-fiction library and reviewed this to see if it was worthy of a spot on our shelves...answer is a resounding yes!
Split into sections of Northern Skies, Southern Skies and Shared Skies, this is the ultimate reference for any mini Brian Cox wannabes but will also make budding star gazers out of previously disinterested little people. We read it with 6 and 8 year olds and they loved the illustrations, the mythology, the background information and the questions on each main page encouraged great interaction.
The information is printed in a highly informative yet child-friendly manner and we learned so much from it too. We wouldn't trust ourselves to set sail without sat-nav yet but we certainly know a great deal more about our starry sky maps than we did before picking up this fabulous book. Telescopes at the ready!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Collins for sending us this eBook for review consideration. All opinions are our own.

This is a really lovely book, with colourful illustrations and facts about the constellations. Children interested in the stars will love the book - the illustrations are mapped over the star points so you can see what the constellation 'looks' like. The facts aren't too complicated and the pages aren't overloaded with information.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a lovely illustrated guide to our stars. I read this to my 6 and 4 year old and they both really enjoyed it- particularly the huge picture of a Hydra! The information was in easy to digest chunks and scattered throughout wonderful illustrations. Children are always fascinated by stars and it is nice to have a book to explain about their history.